A Senate candidate in New York has begun to praise anti-gay laws in Uganda. As shown in this article, the candidate believes that gay marriage should not be accepted, and people should comply with the laws of Christianity as Uganda has.

This is an example of the countless number of times people's rights are taken away because they are a little different. This man believes our country should be like Uganda and do everything based on what Christianity believes in, but isn't that the exact opposite of the ideas our country was founded on? The United States may be a primarily Christian country, but it was founded on the idea that everyone has certain rights and we have laws in place that should protect people from being treated differently for looking or acting different from the norm. With his idea people are not free to do what they want, and gays would not be able to get married. The people of this country should be progressing to an area where people accept each other and do not discriminate based on what people look or act like. This is an example that there is still work to be done if we want to be the free country we say we are.